We are a nation of the overweight. A strange dichotomy, as we are also a nation obsessed with exercise. We are surrounded by marketing media flooding every moment that we are awake with all of the foods and goodies that we shouldn’t eat; but we do eat anyway. The latest generation is the first one to have such a high rate of obesity and diabetes. While we might attribute part of that to a culture that insists on sitting behind a computer or game screen, the facts are there. There is a definite correlation between being overweight and diabetes. Read more